(26 Jul 2014, 1:33 pm)Roland Pratt wrote Well it they refurbished them they obviously wouldn't need to get rid of them!

Arriva would have planned when the vehicles were purchased to sell them by a certain year - enough time for the company to pay for the vehicles and make a profit from them, and then sell them on to obtain the maximum amount of revenue to pay towards new vehicles.

They'll be bringing the average fleet age down, and the vehicles, due to their age, may not be as reliable as they once were.